Computer Models for Social Change - article

Our Education Article has been Published

admin — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 02:57:09 +0000

Our paper in Studies in Science Education is published.

Drew Bush, Renee Sieber, Gale Seiler & Mark ChandlerUniversity-level teaching of Anthropogenic Global Climate Change (AGCC) via student inquiry. Studies in Science Education 53, 2: 113-136

The dark side of open data

admin — Sun, 30 Apr 2017 05:53:49 +0000

A tremendous collaboration for Geothink:

Johnson, Peter, R. Sieber, T. Scassa, M. Stephens, and P. Robinson. 2017. The cost(s) of geospatial open data. Transactions in GIScience 21, 3: 434–445.

Rural QC research on the Geoweb

admin — Sat, 15 Apr 2017 04:22:19 +0000

Really pleased to see another article from our great research in rural Quebec

Peter A Johnson, Renee E Sieber. The Geoweb for community-based organizations: Tool development, implementation, and sustainability in an era of Google Maps. Community Informatics 13,1: 92-108.

Abstract: Recent advances in web-based geospatial tools (the Geoweb) show promise as low-cost and easy-to-use methods to support citizen participation. This research presents two case studies of Geoweb implementation set in community-based organizations in rural Quebec, Canada. When comparing the development and sustainability of each Geoweb tool, the implementation time frame plays a key role. Two implementation time frames are defined; a discrete, or ‘one-off’ time frame associated with lower resource requirements, and a continuous, or ongoing time frame, that has a higher total resource cost, but can fulfill a different set of goals than a discrete implementation.

Our newest article, on big data, cyberinfrastructures, temporal topologies and LUCC

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 22:42:08 +0000

Xing, J. and R.E. Sieber. 2015. A land use/land cover change geospatial cyberinfrastructure to integrate big data and temporal topology. International Journal of Geographic Information Science. DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2015.1104534

Our ACME paper is finally published

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2015 00:28:52 +0000

After all the years of waiting

Our epistemology paper is finally out

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 01:49:24 +0000

Sieber, R. E., and Haklay, M. 2015. The epistemology(s) of volunteered geographic information: a critique. Geo: Geography and Environment, doi: 10.1002/geo2.10.

Open data in print

admin — Thu, 23 Jul 2015 02:41:05 +0000

Sieber, R. E. and Peter A. Johnson. 2015. Civic open data at a crossroads: Dominant models and current challenges. Government Information Quarterly 32(3): 308–315

Our story of repurposing Crowdmap in Convergence

admin — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 04:07:57 +0000

Brandusescu, Ana, Renee E Sieber and Sylvie Jochems. 2015. Confronting the hype: The use of crisis mapping for community development. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. 1–17 DOI: 10.1177/1354856515584320

Crisis mapping has emerged as a method of connecting and empowering citizens during emergencies. This article explores the hyperbole behind crisis mapping as it extends into more long-term or ‘chronic’ community development practices. We critically examined developer issues and participant (i.e. community organization) usage within the context of local communities. We repurposed the predominant crisis mapping platform Crowdmap for three cases of community development in Canadian anglophone and francophone. Our case studies show mixed results about the actual cost of deployment, the results of disintermediation, and local context with the mapping application. Lastly, we discuss the relationship of hype, temporality, and community development as expressed in our cases.

Be careful what you say

admin — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 03:39:15 +0000

My comments at AAG 2012 provoke a twitter conversation and a journal article:

Haklay, Mordechai. 2012. Geographic information science: tribe, badge and sub-discipline. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 37(4): 477–481, October 2012

Our first article from our governance and the geoweb project

sieber — Wed, 25 May 2011 23:08:40 +0000

Peter A. Johnson and Renee E. Sieber. 2011. Motivations driving government adoption of the Geoweb GeoJournal. Online First™, 11 May 2011

Recent increases in the use of Web 2.0 and Geoweb technologies by citizens have led many governments to investigate the adoption of these technologies. This research examines the motivations driving multiple levels of government in Quebec, Canada to consider the adoption of the Geoweb within a context of rural development. We present results from a series of interviews with key government representatives that identifies the SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) of the Geoweb within provincial and municipal government. Respondents define two implementations of the Geoweb, informational and participatory, indicating that SWOT differs for each. This research concludes that for government to implement an informational Geoweb, there are few barriers, but that a participatory Geoweb will require a more substantial, and potentially long-term renegotiation of the relationship between citizen and government.